Sat Mar 8 4:40PM - 13 days, 18 hours left in session
| Sponsors | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rep. Pamelya Herndon | 28 | Bernalillo |
| Rep. Alan T. Martinez | 23 | Sandoval |
| Sen. Heather Berghmans | 15 | Bernalillo |
| Rep. Dayan Hochman-Vigil | 15 | Bernalillo |
| Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| House ✓ | Passed, Feb 21, 62-1 | ||
| STBTC | [Referred, not scheduled] | ||
| SFC | |||
This is the official nmlegis action history. I'm doing my best to translate the LONG/WEIRD-STRING to something less gibberishy. And before you ask, no, the "Legis Day" number has no mapping to the real world.
Actions: HPREF [2] HHHC/HCEDC-HHHC [3] DP-HCEDC [5] DP/a [8] PASSED/H (62-1)- STBTC/SFC-STBTC
| Legis Day | Action | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | prefile | H | ||
| 2 | referred | HHHC/HCEDC | ||
| 2 | sent | HHHC | ||
| 3 | passed | HHHC (view committee report) | DP | 7-0 |
| 3 | sent | HCEDC | ||
| 5 | passed | HCEDC (view committee report) | DP/a | 7-2; nays: Mason, Murphy |
| 8 | passed | House | 62-1 | |
| 8 | referred | STBTC/SFC | ||
| 8 | sent | STBTC |
This table shows bill actions detected on Ed's system, using heuristics that may not be 100% accurate and which may not reflect the "official" nmlegis chronology. It is probably more than you care to know.
| Jan 8 | filed: MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENTS FOR BIRTH CENTERS |
| Jan 22 | referred to HHHC/HCEDC; sent to HHHC |
| actions: 'HPREF' -> 'HPREF [2] HHHC/HCEDC-HHHC' | |
| Jan 23 | scheduled for HHHC on Wed Jan 29, 09:00 |
| Jan 28 | scheduled for HHHC on Wed Jan 29, 08:30 |
| new sponsor: Alan T. Martinez | |
| Jan 29 | new sponsor: Heather Berghmans |
| Jan 30 | passed HHHC; sent to HCEDC |
| actions: 'HPREF [2] HHHC/HCEDC-HHHC' -> 'HPREF [2] HHHC/HCEDC-HHHC [3] DP-HCEDC' | |
| Feb 5 | new sponsor: Dayan Hochman-Vigil |
| Feb 6 | added to HCEDC agenda on Mon Feb 10, 13:30 |
| Feb 11 | passed HCEDC; sent to Speaker's Table |
| actions: 'HPREF [2] HHHC/HCEDC-HHHC [3] DP-HCEDC' -> 'HPREF [2] HHHC/HCEDC-HHHC [3] DP-HCEDC [5] DP/a-T' | |
| on House calendar for Wed Feb 12, 10:30 | |
| Feb 12 | actions: 'HPREF [2] HHHC/HCEDC-HHHC [3] DP-HCEDC [5] DP/a-T' -> 'HPREF [2] HHHC/HCEDC-HHHC [3] DP-HCEDC [5] DP/a' |
| on House calendar for Thu Feb 13, 10:30 | |
| Feb 13 | on House calendar for Fri Feb 14, 10:30 |
| Feb 14 | on House calendar for Sat Feb 15, 14:00 |
| Feb 15 | on House calendar for Mon Feb 17, 10:30 |
| Feb 17 | on House calendar for Tue Feb 18, 10:30 |
| Feb 18 | on House calendar for Wed Feb 19, 10:30 |
| Feb 19 | on House calendar for Thu Feb 20, 10:30 |
| Feb 20 | on House calendar for Fri Feb 21, 10:30 |
| Feb 21 | passed House; referred to STBTC/SFC; sent to STBTC |
| actions: 'HPREF [2] HHHC/HCEDC-HHHC [3] DP-HCEDC [5] DP/a' -> 'HPREF [2] HHHC/HCEDC-HHHC [3] DP-HCEDC [5] DP/a [8] PASSED/H (62-1)- STBTC/SFC-STBTC' |
HOUSE BILL 56
57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
Pamelya Herndon and Alan T. Martinez and Heather Berghmans
and Dayan Hochman-Vigil
FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
AN ACT
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE; REQUIRING THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY TO ENSURE THAT MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES PROVIDED AT BIRTH CENTERS IS THE SAME AS REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES PROVIDED AT HOSPITALS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of the Public Assistance Act is enacted to read:
"[NEW MATERIAL] EQUITABLE REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES PROVIDED AT BIRTH CENTERS.--
A. For the purposes of this section:
(1) "birth center" means a freestanding birth center licensed by the state for the primary purpose of performing low-risk deliveries that is not a hospital, attached to a hospital or in a hospital and where births are planned to occur away from the pregnant person's residence following a low-risk pregnancy;
(2) "medicaid" means the medical assistance program established pursuant to Title 19 of the federal Social Security Act and regulations issued pursuant to that act; and
(3) "medicaid recipient" means a person whom the department has determined to be eligible to receive medicaid-related services.
B. The secretary shall adopt rules to ensure that services provided to a medicaid recipient at a birth center are reimbursed at the same rate as equivalent services provided at a hospital."
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